Collecting African American Art Works on Paper and Canvas Halima Taha

اردیبهشت ۰۵, ۱۴۰۱ ارسال یک نظر

Collecting African American Art: Works on Paper and Sheet

Image Not Available

Synopsis
About this championship

Fine art enthusiasts and lovers of African American art have long considered collecting art a hobby reserved solely for the wealthy. Collecting African-American Art: Works on Newspaper and Canvas effectively dispels this misconception.

In these pages, lavishly illustrated with most ii hundred works past a wide range of artists, readers will discover practical guidelines for condign an informed collector, including specific criteria for working with dealers. By providing succinct advice on framing, insurance, revenue enhancement and estate planning, likewise as pointers on how to care for i'southward collection, author Halima Taha makes collecting an enjoyable -- and affordable -- pastime for everyone.

Combining a rich and diverse blend of aesthetic traditions from Africa, the Caribbean, and America, African American art has emerged as the most actively nerveless art in the marketplace. This guide presents both emerging and established artists and identifies dealers throughout the nation specializing in the field. Insightful and attainable, it is the first book to define the role of the collector of African American art. The consequence is a unique and essential guide to developing a meaningful and rewarding collection.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

From the Back Embrace:

"An informed and persuasive how-to guide to collecting in general and more specifically to collecting African American art... The fascinating and fertile diversity of the many examples illustrated ...colorfully proclaim the visual rewards that await those who follow the authors wise counsel."
--Elisabeth Garrett, senior vice president, Christie's

"[A]due north informative and rewarding work. The examples ... add together cognition and insight into the motivation, inventiveness and artful of Blackness artists. I highly recommend Collecting African American Fine art."
--Jacob Lawrence, creative person

"Collecting African American Fine art is unique in that it is a primer for an aspiring collector, a case study and guide for those who wish to expand, insure and protect their investment in a collection. With two hundred cute four-color illustrations you get everything yous demand to know to become an informed collector... a masterful piece of piece of work!"
--Earl One thousand. Graves, Publisher, Black ENTERPRISE
"A wonderful collection highlighting our community'southward enormous contributions to the earth of art. Every home, library and gallery should possess a copy."
--Rodney J. Reynolds, Publisher, American Legacy
"Collecting African American Art provides practical help to the thousands of people of all races who adore the work of African American artists. A badly needed book!"
--Harry Henderson, co-writer with Romare Bearden of A History of African-American Artists, 1792 to the Present
"The information independent in this book is invaluable to art collectors and anyone wanting to appreciate the works of African American artists."
--Robert Johnson, President, BET
"An invaluable resources for the novice as well equally the experienced collector...[I]t contains a wealth of information about the fine art and the artists. The diversity of African American creative expression is clearly presented in the choice of stunning illustrations."
--Howard Dodson, Chief, Schomburg Center for Inquiry in Black Culture
"Collecting African American Art volition assist, immeasurably, to mainstream an entire torso of work so long denied to so many. Art is universal and Ms. Taha has taken swell strides towards enriching that universe."
--Joscelyn H. Wainwright, President, The National Blackness Fine Fine art Show

About the Author:

Halima Taha works as an art counselor and arts management consultant to several art and arts-in-didactics organizations. She lectures on self direction for the fine creative person and on collecting African American fine art in conjunction with the ABSOLUT EXPRESSIONS tour. She is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and received her MA from New York University in Arts Management and Cultural Policy.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.